Middle clicking on a Logitech TrackMan Marble Wheel does not open a link in a new {window/tab} under Mac OS X. the Mouse wheel is supported. Build: 2001102205 Bundle build.

dup of bug 105995?

It doesn't do anything if tabs are on or off. Command clicking on a link opens it in either a new window or a new tab, depending on your settings, but the middle button does not do that.

Have you set user_pref("middlemouse.openNewWindow", true); ? It defaults to false on the Mac (including OSX).

Dup of bug 106159, methinks

Oops didn't realise this pref existed. I'll test it tonight

Re dupe of bug 106159: possibly, As I said, I'd never tried the middle click preference, but I never rememberd it working under OSX Re the middle click preference: I tried it, but it didn't work, probably becasue of 106159. Marking it as a dupe, and will re-open once the other bug is fixed if this still doesn't work. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 106159 ***

Re-Opening, Middle clicking on a link in OSX still does not do anyhting. build: 2001110108 bundled version. the pref is set to true (by default) (confirmed with about:config). this happens with and without tab browsing

*** Bug 108209 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

status to NEW since the pref is not helping (and we now have multiple reports). pinkerton? Any ideas?

there is no support in carbon for a middle mouse button. i'm not even sure how to trap this in the widget library.

not an apps bug, -> pink

does this work in IE?

if this works in IE, reopen. until then, i'm getting it off my list.

Wish I still had a 3 button mouse to try this with (I should be getting a new one shortly). The funny thing is Mozilla works fine if you 'emulate' a 3 button mouse with Cmd-Click. So, on every link I Cmd-Click on, it goes ahead and opens it in a new tab (or Window) - So does IE. So *something* is being trapped.

in my cube i've got a Kensington Optical Pro mouse hooked to my 10.1.1 box --which in addition to have a gazillion buttons (okay, just 4), has a mousewheel that's clickable. under the assumption that clicking the mousewheel is the equivalent of a middle button click, i tried the following: a. n6, "middlemouse.openNewWindow", false [default]: middle-clicking a link only loads the link in the current window. b. n6, "middlemouse.openNewWindow", true: middle-clicking a link still only loads in the current window. c. IE5.1.3, middle-clicking a link only loads the link in the current window. [unless there's pref for this that i didn't find.] side note: command-clicking a link does still work to open a link in another window.

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This bug can't be invalid just because middle-clicking on links in IE doesn't open them in new windows, because IE doesn't have this feature. See also bug 151249, "Middle click on link does nothing on MacOSX" (Pilot Wheel Mouse).